Welcome Alexis(ycombinator.posterous.com)

204 pointsby pgvor 16 Jahren32 comments

ycombinator.posterous.com

http://ycombinator.posterous.com/welcome-alexis

14 comments

justinvor 16 Jahren

Alexis is one of the most positive and helpful people in the startup community I know. He drew the original logo for Justin.tv, helped us on numerous occasions, and has even tried to launch my voice acting career (a long time dream of mine). Why is he so helpful? Because at heart, Alexis is a great guy who is genuinely interested in helping others.

This is a huge win for YC!

kn0thingvor 16 Jahren

Thanks, Jkan. I've always felt your open-source reddit announcement is one day going to launch that voiceacting career.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo4O4T-7BiE

nck4222vor 16 Jahren

"Anyone on the East Coast thinking of applying to YC should feel free to ask him any questions they have about YC or the application process."

How? Is there an email address?

Hopefully the answer isn't obvious and I've missed it.

pgvor 16 Jahren

Oops, yes, just added that to the post.

[email protected]

nck4222vor 16 Jahren

Sweet, thanks.

edanmvor 16 Jahren

Is YC planning on hiring similar "evangelists" for other places in the world? I'm wondering about Israel, specifically.

pgvor 16 Jahren

I hadn't thought about it. The main reason we did this now was that we wanted to hire Alexis, and he wanted to live in NYC.

jgrahamcvor 16 Jahren

When you want an Ambassador to London you know where I am :-)

Having Alexis on board is great. He was great when the whole Digg/Reddit recursion thing went crazy that day. I still have the Reddit sticker on my suitcase that he sent out.

igraviousvor 16 Jahren

Yes indeedy, how about the other side of the pond, hmm? :)

acangianovor 16 Jahren

I think this is a major opportunity for YCombinator.

clistctrlvor 16 Jahren

I know there's several of us here in Boston that are excited about this!

jasonlbaptistevor 16 Jahren

Agreed. Alexis should come speak at Hackers and Founders Boston in October re: applying to YC :).

dzlobinvor 16 Jahren

Yes! Maybe the startup bootcamp organizers can snatch him as a speaker as well, or at least at the H&F meetup that evening. I'm officially offering a ride in exchange for some roadtrip company/advice giving

clistctrlvor 16 Jahren

He actually spoke there last year, you can watch it online here: http://alexisohanian.com/my-recent-talk-mit-startup-bootcamp

kn0thingvor 16 Jahren

How can I say no to this? I'm getting in touch with the organizers for this year's Startup Bootcamp. I'll have to fly back that night, though, but it can work...

jlvor 16 Jahren

Alexis as our Ambassador to the East and Steve (with Hipmunk) in the summer batch-- needless to say I am bursting with joy.

edanmvor 16 Jahren

More discussion on the other thread:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1653134

tezzavor 16 Jahren

"Ambassador to the East" sounded a little like East as in Beijing :: at first, and perhaps only to English ears.

pgvor 16 Jahren

It is deliberately medievally grandiose. It goes with his name.

kn0thingvor 16 Jahren

Though, I do love travelling...

charliefvor 16 Jahren

Will Alexis' ambassadorship include Canadian hubs like Toronto, Montreal, Waterloo, etc at some point?

pgvor 16 Jahren

Come to think of it, that would be a good idea. So probably yes.

charliefvor 16 Jahren

That is excellent to hear. Startup culture is flourishing here and hopefully holds a lot of promise.

kn0thingvor 16 Jahren

Steve & I are still recovering from the Toronto reddit meetup (drankkit). Those Waterloo students... wow...

nandemovor 16 Jahren

Ah, so HN is becoming like Reddit after all. ;-)

subbuvor 16 Jahren

Welcome! You will make this place better.

kn0thingvor 16 Jahren

Thanks! I'm aiming to just make it suck a little less ;)

[deleted]vor 16 Jahren

Andrew_Quentinvor 16 Jahren

Aiming for better would be better ;)

joedynamitevor 16 Jahren

Lots of good news for us NY folks today.

imajesvor 16 Jahren

Congrats kn0thing!

dchsvor 16 Jahren

Yay!

wealthyoxvor 16 Jahren

Welcome.

apphackervor 16 Jahren